indenture

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The Declaration proclaimed all men created equal, yet the new nation’s economy depended on enslaved labor in the South and indentured servitude in the North.

From The Wall Street Journal

Is an indentured servant or agricultural worker who isn't paid? — so what we talk about is race-based constitutional servitude that reduces human being to property.

From Salon

“In writing this heartfelt apology, we also acknowledge Sir John Gladstone’s role in bringing indentured laborers to Guyana, and apologize for the clear and manifold injustices of this,” he said.

From Washington Times

They "brought with them their aristocratic ways and indentured servants," Turchin writes, although the latter were "soon replaced by imported Africans," with enormous historical consequences.

From Salon

If a person took out a loan to pay for passage, the company effectively holds them in indentured servitude.

From Scientific American